CVE-2024-50302

Linux, Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2428P, Siemens SCALANCE XC-300/XR-300/XC-400/XR-500WG/XR-500 family

Published 19 Nov 2024 · updated 17 Jun 2026 · Analyzed

5.5 Medium · CVSS 3.1, NVD

Exploited in the wild

CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 4 Mar 2025, with a remediation deadline of 25 Mar 2025 for US federal agencies.

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: core: zero-initialize the report buffer Since the report buffer is used by all kinds of drivers in various ways, let's zero-initialize it during allocation to make sure that it can't be ever used to leak kernel memory via specially-crafted report.

References

git.kernel.org/stable/c/05ade5d4337867929e7ef664e7ac8e0c734f1aaf · Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/177f25d1292c7e16e1199b39c85480f7f8815552 · Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/1884ab3d22536a5c14b17c78c2ce76d1734e8b0b · Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f9e88f2672c4635960570ee9741778d4135ecf5 · Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/492015e6249fbcd42138b49de3c588d826dd9648 · Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d9f5c75c0c7f31766ec27d90f7a6ac673193191 · Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7dc68d82ab3fcfc3f65322465da3d7031d4ab46 · Patch
git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7ea60184e1e88a3c9e437b3265cbb6439aa7e26 · Patch
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html · Mailing List
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html · Mailing List
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html · Third Party Advisory
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-355557.html · Third Party Advisory
www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-50302 · US Government Resource